Convertible ruffling and collaret-sewing machine.



J. P. WEIS. CONVERTIBLE RUFFLING AND OOLLARET SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1906 Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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J. PpWEIS. CONVERTIBLE EUFFLING AND OOLLARET SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1906.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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J. P. WEIS. i

CONVERTIBLE RUFFLING AND GOLLARET SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 0, 1906.

1,069,363. PatentedAugfi, 1913.

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Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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I J. P. WEIS. CONVERTIBLE RUFFLING AND COLLARET SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1906.

J. P. WEIS. CONVERTIBLE RUFFLING AND GOLLAEHT SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1906. 1,069,363.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

J. P. WEIS. CONVERTIBLE RUFPLING Am; GOLLARET SEWING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1906.

1,069,363, Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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UNITE STATEd arenas anion JOHN P. WEIS, OF NYACK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 METROPOLITAN SEWING MA- CHINE COMPANY, OF NYACK, NEN YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK,

CONVERTIBLE RUFFLING AND COLLAR-ET-SEWING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, i. 913.

pplication filed July 6, 1906. Serial No. 324,97

To all whom, it wuzg/ concern Be it known that I, JOHN P. ets, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nyack, county of Rocltland, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Convertible Rutlling and Collaret-Sewing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sewing machines and, particularly, to a machine which may be used either as a machine for ru-llling, gathering, folding or plaiting the work, or as a machine for tulhng, or stretching the work. Hence, the invention relates to a convertible machine capable of performing the work ordinarily accomplished by the back-rutlling lhachine oi the Union Special Machine Company, together with all kinds of ruliling work on one or more pieces of fabric, and also the work accomplished by the collaret machine of the Metropolh tan Sewing Machine Company,

Among the objects of my invention may be noted the following: to provide a machine by means of which two radically difterent classes of work may be performed, viz., (1) the materlal and sn'bstantal rut flll lg, gathering, shirring and plaiting ot all 9 clas, or goods, such as knit goods, white 30' goods, silks and all kinds of light and sleazy materials, as well as lightweight stilt 1naterials, such as leather, buckram, etc, and the fulling or stretching of all kinds of elastic or stretchy fabrics; to provide a 1na chine by means of which collarels may be applied to French Balbriggan shirts, as on the well-known liletropolitau collaret Inachi-ne, and all kinds of binding may be applied to work; to provide a convertible machine on which collarct and other similar work or binding maybe done, as well rutfiing, gathering, shirring and plaiting materials as above rei erred to; to provide means for regulating the throw of the rutfier device relatively to the feed of the ma chine while the latter is in operation with out stopping, retarding, or otherwise atfecting the stitching operation; to provide means whereby either the ruiiling device or the auxiliary feed may be always under the control of the operator, and the controlling means accessibly presented to the operator so that the same may be manipulated at full speed of the machine and without affecting s the stitching thereot In any particular; to

tolling or stretching, may produced in varying degrees at the will 01"? the operator,

and such work, or effects, caused to alternate with plain. portions of work during the operation of the machine and irrespective of the speed of the latter; to provide a machine with means by which a given or predetermined length of ruitling, shirring, gathering or plaiting may be produced or for any desired period, and by which such predetermined length of ruitling, etc., may be completely eliminated instantly for any desired period and then reproduced in stantly for any desired period uc-h means being under the control of the operator and operable during the running of the machine and without affecting the stitching irrespective of the speed of the machine; to provide means by which after the machine has been set for a predetermined maximum ruftle, etc, gradual decrease from. or in crease to said maximum rutle, etc, may be produced at the will of the operator and without aiiecting the stitching irrespective of the speed of the machine; to provide a machine, for producing ruiliing, gatl'icring shirring, plaiting, stretching and falling, with means whereby the character of the wo k may be controlled by manipulating either one of two devices and with means for connecting-said two devices so that they may both be operated simultaneously, or substantially so, or independent of one another should it be so desired, said means and devices being at all times accessibly presented to the operator and under his complete control, so as to bring about the desired results and functions during the operation of the machine and without afi'ecting the stitching thereof; to provide means whereby the presser-device, which cooperates "ith the rufilerblade or auxiliary feed, may be set in a given position, for a normal and uniform operation of the machine and for a predetermined pressure in co iperation with said rutliing device or auxiliary feed,

in fixed position for a uniform, normal operation as above described, in cooperation with either the ruflhng devlce or the 311x11 iary feed, pressure upon the work may be jEllQVBd or regulated by manipulating the said device independently of its controlling lever or lifter; to provide means whereby, if it should be found desirable, and after the said presser-device has beenset for a uniform operation, the said presser-device may be lifted by, and simultaneously with, the ordinary presser-foot of the machine, by the usual presser-foot lifter; to provide means whereby a predetermined size of fold, plait, ruiile, or gather, may be produced and by which, during the operation of the machine and without affecting the stroke of the said rattling means,the presser-device may be raised and lowered to decrease or increase its pressure upon the ruthing means for such purposes as completely eliminating the rut fling action momentarily, or for varying the depth or width of the fold, tuck, rutlle or gather without actually changing the stroke of the ruttling-device; to provide means whereby any predetermined length of stitching may be produced, and in combination therewith a device by means of which the stroke of the rulllenblade, during the operation of the machine, may be varied or completely eliminated, so far as its rullling function is concerned, without atlecting the length of the stitch, or the operation of the stitching mechanism in any manner; to provide a combined rullling and feeding mecha nism having a compact arrangement where by the rutiling device obtains its movements directly from the feeding mechanism and thus has, during the operation of the machine, the uniform motion of said feeding mechanism, in combination with a device by means of which, notwithstamling the constant motion of the con'ibined rullling and feeding mechanism, variations in the stroke of the rullling device may be produced at the will of the operator and during the opc ation of the machine or, such strokes, for

ruilling purposes, may be eliminated for any definite period, at the will-of the operator; to provide means whereby the ruliiing device or auxiliary feed may be adjusted, as to its stroke or throw, to any predetermined extent, together with means whereby, whatever may be the predetermined amount of throw given to the said rutiling device or auxiliary feed, the maximum of said throw Will always be normally nnuntained and will be automatically resumed after any change from said maximum; to provide a mechanism by means of which rullling, plaiting, falling or stretching can be produced and the extent thereof regulated to a certain maximum, in combination with means whereby, whatever may be the charac' ter of the work produced, the same may be instantly eliminated, viz., a maximum of rufiiing may be changed to plain work, or the fulling or stretching may be changed to ordinary feeding; to provide means whereby, in a machine of the character noted, the controlling devices will be under spring tension so as to prevent the operator from inadvertently overloadiirg or bringing excessive pressure to bear upon the operating mechanism or the controlling mechanism and whereby also to eliminate all jar and vibration which might be transmitted from the rapidly operating parts of the machine through the controlling mechanism to the 'foot' or knee of the operator; to provide means, in the connection stated, whereby the treadle or kneeshift of the machine will be normally held in a given position so that the operator is enabled to in stantly find the same, so that pounding upon the operators foot or knee is avoided, and so that vibration and rattling of the corn necting chains, etc, between the trcadle or knee-shift and the controlling mechanism, are eliminated; to provide means whereby both the feed of the machine and, the rutlierblade, or the auxiliary feed, mav'lbe adjusted vertically to make more or less engagement with the work, or be projected more or less above the surface of the cloth-plate; to provide a machine which can be, used interchangeably as a ruliling machine for operation upon white goods and other goods of inelastic character, whereby to produce rullles, plaits and gathers, or as a machine for manipulating one or more pieces of work which are elastic and which have elastici ty of different degrees, whereby to prop crly and perfectly control the application of one piece of elastic goods to another, such as in the collaret work as done on the wellknown Metropolitan collaret machine; and to provide means whereby, in combination with the interchangeable devices just referred to, attachments of various character may be applied to the machine whereby to manipulate one or more pieces of the work, whether white-goods, elastic or otherwise, thus enabling the machine in its interchangeable aspect to be adapted to many uses which now require many dilierent kinds of machines, and, hence, enabling this machine to perform the work and take the place of many different varieties 0t machines which are now in use for the various purposes hereinabove noted.

'ith the above objects in View, and others which will be detailed during the course of this description, the invention consists in the parts, features, elements and combinations of elements hereinafter described and claimed. r

In the drawings forming part of this description: figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a well-known type of sewing machine, the same showing my invention applied thereto in coi'nbination with a col laret folder of the Metropolitan type and showing the adaptation of the machine to collaret work; Fig. 2 is a top-plan view of the front end of the. machine, the overhanging-arm being removed, the cloth-plate and throat-platc being shown in dotted outline, and certain parts being broken away to clearly show the construction of the ditt'erential or duplex feeding mechanism; Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the machine, a port-ion of the head of the machine being shown in order to illustrate the cooperative relation of the needle, presser-foot, feeddog, rutl'ler-blade, ruliier-foot, and folder,

- the cloth-plate of the machine being shown in dotted outline; Fig. 4- is a section on the line tst of Fig. 5, looking toward the front of the n'mehine, the presser-f0ot, et c.,' in this figurebeing omitted, the view being intended to show merely the details of construction of the portion of the feed-actuating mechanism along the said line 4-4; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. (5, the same being intended to show the construction of the feedactuating mechanism from the end opposite that of Fig. 3, this view also showing, in dotted lines, the application of an auxiliary feed-dog as a substitute for the rulller-blade shown in the several figures; Fig. (l is a rear elevation of the machine, a portion only of the frame of which is shown, the View being intended to illustrate the manner in which the auxiliary feeding device, or the rutllingdevice, may be manipulated during'the operation of the machine, together with the manner in which the rullic-r-foot may be, manipulated at will by the operator, without ait'ecting the Stil'tfll-ftll'llllflg operations of the machine; Fig. 7 is a tio 'i-plan view of a portion of the rear end of the machine. the

same illustrating the details of the rutllerfoot lifting mechanism; Fig. 8 is a top-plan of a portion of the front end of the machine, portions being broken away and the figure illustrating the mean by which the auxiliary feed or the rulller-blade may be manipulated during the operation of the maif'chine; Fig. 9 is a front end elevation of a iportion of the machine, parts being shown in ,section and other parts being broken away; "'tlle'figure illustrating the manner in which;

the auxiliary feed, or the rufiler-blade, together with the rattler-foot, maybe n1anipulated during the operation of the machine,

at the will of the operator and without the mode in which a single treadle may opcrate the said two levels, as suggested by the dotted-line construction in Fig. ll.

In order that the convertibility of the machine may be clearly understood, and when the machine is converted from a rutfling to a collaret machine, certain essential details should be understood and espw-iallg. in connection with the character of the products produced by the machine. llence, it should be understood that when the machine is equipped with a rattling blade on the auxiliary bar. the nnichine produces what is technically known in the art as rufliing, gathering, plaitinp', shit-ring and crimping and this product, in point of size, may be varied while the machine is in operation and without atl'ecting the stitching and at the will of'the operator; that is to .say, with the machine set for a given size of rutltii'ig, gathering, etc., variations from said size may be made at the will of the operator as described so as to produce a diminution of the ru'llle, gather, etc., or so as to increase the size of the rutlle, gather, etc., or the rutlliug of predetermined or any' ranting size can be produced and instantly eliminated so as to produce plain stitching and vice versa. ()n the other hand, when the machine e uiipped with the auxiliary teed-dog as a substitute for the rutller-blade or device, the machine will produce whatis teclu'iically known as fulling or stretching, and variations in the amount of such fulling and stretching may be produced while the machine is running and without a lfecting the stitching, and at the will of the operator, in the same manner as above rm ferred to in connection with the rattling; and when the machine is set for a givcir amount of either l'ulling or stretching, the latter may be instantly eliminated at the will of the operator so as to produce no eti'ect upon the work and permit perfectly plain stitching, or vice versa. The functions of rutlling, gathering, etc., are usually produced on what is known in the trade as white-goods, and the functions of falling and stretching are produced in connection with what is known in the trade as. knitgoods, the former not being elastic and the other being more or less elastic. The reason for the clitteremrein functions of the two devices is that the lengtil'i of the edge-transversely of "the.

-, line of feed ,and across-theli-ne of stitching,

the milling-blade has'a knife edge, usually serrated and .arran-ge d with Sit or ltfa's' extensive and eu 'a es several of the 7 {D 23 wales ot the work and, in consequence, has

a very material area of the work to operate upon; that is to say, the auxiliary feed-dog will ordinarily be arranged With its length parallel with the line of feed or the line of stitcl'iing and will be approximately onehalf inch long and one-quarter inch Wide, thus enabling it to engage a considerable area of the Work and operate upon the same and manipulate it in such a manner as to either create a substantial drag so as to stretch the Work either longitudinally or transversely of the Wales, or, full-the yvorlr by compressing the work either longitudinally r transversely of the Wales so as to oi'ercome normal stretching ot the Work in its passage through the machine or to coin press the same to a greater degree than nor mal for a given purpose, such compression or stretching of the Work, as the case may be, giving substantially no ripple to the sur- :Face of the work and, in consequence, being clearly distinguishable from rattling. gathering, etc. The ruflling function of the machine is particularly useful in. connection with the backs of shirts Where it is common to place a lninch or cluster of rutlles, gathers, etc, at the shoulder-blade position or in the middle of the back, as Well as in various other connections such as making ruchinhj.

- making rallies for skirts and in every other relation Where a rutiled product is required; While the tolling and stretching functions oi; the machine are useful in e sewing 0t coliarets to the neck o ienings fialbriggan shir s, the application ot a braid or bindingstrip to knit-goods of all character, the sewing of one piece of stretchy or elastic goods to another which. is more or less stretchy or elastic and, in fact, in all relations Where it is necessary to apply one piece of material to another, one or both of .to the other.

which may he elastic and when it is required to control one piece in its application This clearly shows the dual character at the machine and "will serve to arrentuati; the eonrertibilit y thereof.

in the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the frame or h aid of the machine, the oven luine'ingr-arin 9 of which has the i'ieedlc-bar :3 reciprocating therein, said needle-bar carrying the needle 4-. The drivingshatt the machine carries at its forward end a chain-stitch looper (5 of any suitable form,

that illustrated being of the rotary-hooh type. The rotary driving-shaft 5 is sup-- ported in bearings 'i and 8 of the frame, the bearings 8 being shown as a standard at the forward end of the machine.

The cloth-plate of the machine is indicated by 9, the latter supporting at the front thereof, or in advance of the stitching it'f a folder 10 of the form used on the .iiletropoli'tan collaret machine, for guiding, con 5 trolling and hem ming the ed res oi a collaret tor the purpose of applying the same to the neck-opening oi. French Balbrigggran undershirts, said tolder being supported in position by an angular attaching-plate, the herig0 machine. The 'ertical portion 1.

tacliing-plate is secured by means s ws passed through the some and tapp a block or plate it sui sly secured folder. Thus, the attacl moved from the told when t isdes to substitute a di'tl erenti 111e or term ct i'older, 31cc or other attachment for the one in use, and various obvious fltliliftli'leiltfi oi": said ch: ments can be secured.

The overhringing-arm of the machine, 5' Fig". also supports in suitable bearings the Presser-bar '17, which carries at lower end the presser-toot 18, as usual, the same cooperating with the teedalo g' 35, oi? the machine to carry the uni-l: through e chine past the slit no" point. 114;

ithe driringlj-sha'tt .3 carries ec ent l9 surr undeil bx Ihe cnlar the arm 52? o' Lti: Lttl pin sec the outer end oi which is reduced and screw-llircadcd, as at 1 the inner e of which provided th the not head L41 sliding in the t shaueu slot or groove 228 r the said arm 23. ,'n 527: is retained ted position by rausui; its head 27 to l the {groove 28 by if .ing the torcibly agraii'ist the of the through the medium ot the Justiugpnu screwed upon the reduced end .Tlt oi. the pin 25, which presses against a washer 30, the latter, in turn, engaging; the outer end of the eccentric bushing or sleeve surrounding the smooth portion of the pin and the inner end of which bushing engages the outer wall or surface of the rock-arm 23, thus s'ecurely chnnping the pin in any position to which the same may be moved along the groove 28 of the said rock-arm 23. The length of the bushing or sleeve 81 is slightly greater than the length of the end 22 of the pitman 21, thus giving to the pitmen freedom of movement on the bushing 31 to prevent binding between the washer 30 and the outer surface of the rock-arm 23. The eccentricity of the bushing 31 is provided for the purpose of taking up any weer which may be caused from constant and rapid operation of the machine, such weer oftentimes changing the stroke of the feed.- Through this connection, the rock-arm 23 is driven and motion is thereby imparted to the rocksbaft 24, the extent of the rocking movement of said shaft and the movement of said arm being regulated according to the position of the adjustable pin in the groove 28 of the rock-arm This adjustment is for controlling the movement of the main feeddog and regulating the length of the stitch;

The shaft 24 is journale'd in the rear end 8 of the standard 8 and extends through the same to the side opposite the rock-arm 23, said extended end terminating in 1- head 32; durrounding this end of the shaft 24 is the bushing 33, and embracing the bushing is the bifurcated rear end of the main feed-bar 34 which is extended forward toward the stitching position and entries at its front end the nisin-feed-dog 35, which, as usual, may he adjustable vertically so as to have more or less projection above the cloth-plate of the machine, as by a slot 35 in the shank of the dog and a screw 35* passing through said slot and tapped into said bar.

-See Fig. 3. Also embracing the said bushing 33. and between the adjacent end of the main feed-hair and the heeded end 32 of the rock-shaft. is the bifurcated end of the auxiliary feed-bar 36; which extends forward to and in front of the stitching position and carries at its front end either an" auxiliary feed-dog 37, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, or a milling-device 38, shown in full lines in the said figure. In either event, the auxiliary dog 37. or the milling-device 38 will he adjustable upon the forward end of the auxiliary feed-bar by means of the screw 39 which passes through an elongated slot 40 in the shank of the said dog or ruftiing device and is tapped into the end of the illlXilltll V feed-bur, the sides 41 of the shank of-said dog or mining-device being turned down at an angle, so as to embrace the end of the auxiliary bar, thus firmly retaining the dog or rutllingdilade in proper position, and constituting :1 guide by which the said dog or blade, when adjusted, may be maintained with its operating end or surface at ways in the same position. The adjustment Wardly extending arm 54 of th of thedog or device on the end of the auxiliary bar is for the purpose of causing the same to be more or less projected through the cloth-plate in the operation of the machine to secure the properengagement with the fabric for erforming its function.

On the forward end of the driving-shaft 5, and between the standard 8 and the rotary hook 6 an eccentric 42 is suitably secured in place, see Figs. 1 and 3 the forward end 'of the main feed-bar resting on a shoe a, carrying a strap a surrounding said eccentric and the latter its vertical movements to carry the feed-dog 35 into and out of engagement with the work and thus causing the feed-dog 35 to cooperate with the presser-foot 18 to feed the work through themechine and past the stitching position. The ptirts a and a are shown only in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 5 and are no part of this invention, The main,

feed-bar also has a dependin forked lug 45, embracing a. bushing 44, carried by the pin 43 fixed to the rear side of the rocking-arm 28, which pin afiords a journal for the hearing 46 of a driving and controlling lever. The train ofmechanism just described, through the medium of the eccentric 19,- ohviously, imparts to the main feed-bar its longitudinal movements by which the feedstroke is given and the adjustments regulate the length of stitch. The auxiliary feed-bar is given its longitudinal movements, for the purpose of importing the ruflling stroke to the ruflling-device 38, or the feeding stroke to the auxiliary dog 37, through the medium of the mechanism just described, since the forward arm 47 of the said driving and controlling lever is provided with the shoe 48 embracing the curved lever 49 fulcrumed at 50 to the standard 8 of the machine, the upper end of the lever 49 being pivoted at 51 to the link 52 which, in turn, is pivoted at 53 to the'side of the auxiliary feed-bar 36. This mechanism,- in addition to importing the longitudinal movements to the auxiliary bar 36, also en ables the stroke of the latter to be regulated during the operation of themachine and Without affecting the stitching of the latter. That is to say,- by Ina'nipuleting the reare bell-crnnk lever, the forward arm 47 thereof may be caused to slide on the lever 49 toward and from its fulcrum 50, thus regulatin the amount of throw imparted by the too hig arm 23 throu h the edium of its connections to the eccentric 19 on the driving-shaft 5. Normally, the bell-crank driving and controlling leveriis held with-itsarm 47 depressed and shoe 48 in eng'e emnt with a stop 55 adjustable by means o the set-screw 56 upon the lever 49, the normal engage meet being secured by means of the coiledspring 57, secured at one end to the base giving to the feed-ber of the standard 8 by the pin 58, and at its opposite end to the arm 47 of the driving and controlling lever by means of the pin fill. in l ig. i) of the drawings, the driving and. controlling lever is supposed to be moved to nearly its upward extreme so as to produce a short stroke of the auxiliary teed-bar 30, the same position being shown in Fig. 5, but in. the latter figure the normal position being shown in dotted outline. Ob-

viousv, hv adjusting the stop on the lever N, a certain throw of the auxiliary teed-bar can be maintained as its normal stroke, and any variation from its normal stroke would be produced by depressing the arm 54-, as hereinafter described. Thus,tl1e. auxiliary bar may be given any degree of stroke found desirable and, during the operation of the machine and without ati'ecting the stitching operation, the stroke or movement of said bar can be regulated by manipulating the control' ing lever by running the shoe t8 up and down on the lever elf), the spring always exercising a normal tendency to return said lever to the normal, dotted-line position of Fig. 5.

As shownin Fig. 9, the adjustable stop 55 maybe arranged above the shoe 48, instead of below the same. as in Fig. 3, thus the spring 57 will normally operate to maintain the shoe 48 at the lowest point possi ble on the lever 49, or at the nearest point possible to its fulcrum 50. By adjusting the stop above the shoe 48 on the lever 49, a certain predetermined reduction in extent of movement of the auxiliary bar 36 can be obtained instantly by manipulating the controlling lever through the medium of its arm 54:, and this minimum stroke, according to the adjustment of the stop 55, can be obtained during the operation of the machine and. Without affecting the stitching of the latter. By this disposition of the stop 55, the operator can also, during the operation of the machine, obtain two predetermined extremes of adjustment or throw of the auxiliary bar, inasmuch as the spring 57, the moment the controlling lever is released, will instantly return the shoe 48 to its low, normal position. Moreover, the operator can, during the operation of the machinmaml without atiecting the stitching of the latter, obtain intermediate adjustments of the stroke of the auxiliary bar 36 by moving the shoe 4L8 up and'down on the lever ti at will between the stop 55, according to its position as in Fig. 3, and the pivotal connection 51 of the lever 49, or with the adjustment of the stop as in Fig. 9, by moving the said shoe 4-8 up and down on the lever 19 between the pivotal point 50 ot' the lever and the adjustable stop These several adjustments render it possible to get all kinds of variations in the action of the not upon the binding.

auxiliary bar, whereby varying widths of rutlles or gathers may be produced, or varying strokes of the auxiliary feed-dog may be produced for the purpose of regulating the degree of fulling performed upon the work; and, having a predetermined stroke of the rattler-device or auxiliary feed-dog constituting either its minimum or maximnm of movement, said stroke can be varied either so as to produce a gradually diminishing movement of the auxiliary bar, or a gradually increasing movement of the auxiliary bar, and also having a predetermined movement of the bar, which may be elthcr its minimum or maximum stroke, a second predetermined'degree of movement may be produced instantly by manipulating the controlling lever according tothe adjustment of the stop 55. These are importantadvantagesand upon them great stress is laid, as they constitute valuable advances in the art and important features of my invention. I

In order that the eccentric 42 may be utilized to impart the vertical rise and fail to the auxiliary feed-bar in the same manner as to the main feed-bar, the latter has driven into its side a screw 0*, the shank of which passes through an elongated slot 0', in the auxiliary feed-bar and the head of which acts as a guide to prevent the auxil iary feedsbar from moving lateraliy relatively to the main feed-bar. Thus the two feed-bars are caused to have their up and down movements in unison from a, single common eccentric. It will now b viewing Figs. 2 and 3 particularlyjtl' main feed-dog operates on the righ; the rear of the needle or stitching p constitutes the means, in combination the Presser-foot 18, by which fabi it; is fed through the machine and past the stitching point, while the auxiliary ,dog 37, or the ruflling-device or blade 38, operates on the left and in advance of the stitching point and constitute the means, incombination with the rattler-foot, by which fabric fullcd or stretched, or rutllc'd, etc. Hence, the main feed-dog operates on; the \vork and on the binding applied thereto, if the work is being bound, while the auxiliary dog, or the rattling-device, 'ope'ates upon only one portion of the work and, especially, However, in cases where two pieces of superposed material are being stitched together, irrespective of whatthey may be, the auxiliary dog or willingdevice will operate upon the particular material which is being passed between the same and the rulller-t'oot; and, according to the stroke of the auxiliary bar, the material operated upon will' be either rullled, gathered, etc, or will be fulled as the opera tor desires.

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Cooperating with either the rufiiing-blade or device, or the auxiliary dog, is the rattlerfoot 60, fixed by its shank to the forward end of the presser-lever 61, by means of the screws 62, the connection being such as to give to the foot. some flexibility on the said screw 62 as an axis. is pivoted at 62 to machine frame. Normally, the lever 61 is depressed by means of the spring 66 hooked into the lever 61 at one end and into :1 lug 67, or fixed portion of the bed of the machine.

Now viewing Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 The presser-lever 61 p the means for controlling the stroke of the auxiliary bar 36 and for manipulating the presser-lever (31, for the various purposes outlined above in the statement of the objects of the invention, will be readily'understood. In these figures, a spring 68 is hooked into the outer end of the arm 54.- which is provided with an aperture 69 for the purpose, said spring being connected to the upper end of a chain 70, the lower end of which is connected either to a knee-shift mechanism, :or a treadle, both of which are well-known in the art, and the treadle only being herein illustrated and describet. By interposing the spring 68 between the treadle or knee-shift chain or connection and the operating end 54 01 the controlling lever, the pressure applied to either the knee-shift or the treadle will be transmitted to the arm 54 gradually and yieldingly, instead of forcibly and by jerk This an important feature, inasmuch as an operator will often suddenly strike the treadle' or knee-shift in an endeavor to make a quick movement of the controlling-lever and, in so doing, will jam the sliding-shoe with great force'aga'inst the adjustable stop or other rigid part of the mechanism, thus making "a noise and possibly injuring the mechanism. posing the spring, as described, the operator may quickly move his foot or knee and get a quick response from the controlling-lever but, at the same time, the pressure brought to bear will be yielding and positive rather than forcible, understood, the spring is strong enough and has sufticicnt tension to make the controlling lever immediately and readily respond to'the action of the knee or foot and operate in substantially a positive manner, the expression positive, in this connection. being in contra-distinction to forcible, as above used. Thus, it will be seen that, by moving either the knee or foot, the operator may run the shoe 48 up and down onthe lever 49 to any extent or degree desired, in order to get any extent or degree of movement of the auxiliary feed-bar 36 which may be rerpiired. And it will also be understood that this manipulation is possible during the operation an ear 63 secured to the By interalthough, it will b'e of the machine, and withoutatfecting the stitching of the latter, it being the object of my invention, through this mechanism, to manipulate the auxiliary bar 36, while the machine is running at full, or any,'spced to get various work, as above noted in the statement of the objects of the invention. At the rear of the frame or head of the machine, a bracket 6-l is secured by means of screws'GS, said bracket being provided with the extendedv portion 71, to which is pivoted at T2 :1- presser-contrclling lever, the forward arm 73 of which extends under the presser-lever 61 at a point a short distance from the fnlcrum 62 of'the-lattcr, said forward arm T3 being normally maintained in engagement with said lever 61 through the medium of the weight of the rcarwardly extending arm. H of said presser-controlling lever, conplcth with the weight of the spring 73 and chain 76. which latter also extends down to a kneeshii'tor treadle mechanism independent of the knee-shift or treadle mechanism connected to the chain of the feed-controlling lever. Obviously, this weight, creating'pressure of the lever arm 73 upon the lever 61, has no tendency to raise the presser (50 out of cooperation with the auxiliary dog or feeding-device, but merely maintains said leverarm 73 in proper engagement with the lever (51 for instant operation, whereby the latter may be readily lifted at the will of the operator. The spring 75 is hooked into an aperture 77 in the arm 74 of the-presser controlling lever, as will be clearly understood. Instead of having two independent knee-shifts or treadle mechanisms, one for controlling the mechanism through the chain 70 and the other for controlling the mechanism through the chain 76, a single, common knee-shift or treadlemechanism may. be employed and connected directly with both the chains 70 and 76 through the medium of the chain 78', which will be directly connected to either the knee-shift mechanism or treadle device and the branch-chain 79 extending to the chain 70 and the'bran'chchain 80' extending to the. chain 76.- See Figs. 6 and 11-. In this manner both the auxiliary bar 36 and the presserdever 61' may be directly under the control otthe and sundry etfccts upon the 1 operator through the medium of a single.

knee-shift. or treadle. The spring 75 operates in precisely the' manner described above in' connection with the spring 68 \vheirbroughtinto play and action by the operator through the medium of either the knee-shift or, lrcadle mechanisms. For the purpose of limiting the elevation' of the rutiier-foot 60. the pi'essencontrolling lever is provided with the depending lug 81, through which is tapped an adjusting-screw 82 withdhcshank' of which cooperates the setout 83 for coill) iii

operation also with the dependingdug 81. The forward end of the screw 82 is set so as to contact with the stop 84, forming part of the brackettil: and being an extension thereof, will be readily understood upon viewing lies. 6, i and 9 This disposition of the adjusting-screw enables a limit to be put'upon the movement of the controllinglever 74:. so as to prevent the footfrom being i p and said screw may be so set as to contact, after a certain short movement, with the stop so as to make the lift of the mot vary the action otthe anxiliary l eed dogj; or willing-device; that is to say, as le from. adjusting the throw of the auxiliary bar 36, so as to vary and regulate the action of the rulllcr-device or auxiliary dog on the "win-k, the rulller-foot may he lifted to a certain predetermined degree or extent, so as to ehai'ipje the cooperative action of the same and the rutller-device or a' il cilia v dogon the work. In other words, the rut e. gather, etc, may be produced by var)" the stroke oi the auxiliary bar 56, and it the auxiliary dog in use, the degree 7 tullii'ig ot the work may be varied. in the same manner; or, instead otregulating the throw oi the tllliiillfll bar 33, the action of either the ruill'ingaflevice, or the auxiliary dog; on the work ca be controlled by raising or lowering the presser more or less into cooperative action with the Work and said rutlling-device or auxiliary dog. And it will. be obvious that, it the pressure of the foot U0 on the win-h: is diminished, the actio of the auxiliary'dog or willing-device on the wort-1 will be changed, and this change will be varied to the extent that the pressure of the foot 60 on the work is increased or diminished. Thus, I have, in this machine, two distinct means for controlling the character of work of the machine, one' by regulating the pressure of the foot 60 on the work, thus changing or modifying the cooperative action of said footand rutller-device or auxiliary dog on the work, and the other by varying and controlling the stroke oi? the auxiliary bar 86, as previously de scribed. .a nd these changes in the character olthe worlr of the machine may be brought about through the lllQt'llltl'l'l of either mechanism by simply manipulating the knee-shift or foottreadle, during the operation of the machine and without ailecting the stitching of the latter, inasmuch as all the variations are produced and all manipulations of the work are brought about and performed in advance oi. the stitching position and while the work is being passed through the machine by the main feed-dogand its cooperating foot 18. It may also be found desirable to set the screw so that the pressercontrolling lever cannot be operated, leaving the iHBSEGIdQVCl 61 to create suhstantially its normal pressure through the foot 60 on the work in coiiperation with either the milling-device, or the auxiliary teed-dog.

With this condition of the parts, it will be .meehanism through the medium of the chains and 76, the only action on the latter chains being to cause them to stretch or distend the spring 75 without affecting the prcsser-controlling lever. This adjustment of the parts and operation of the machine may often be "found desirable.

Havingthus described the details of my invention, it will be readily understood that, in addition to the advantages set forth in the statement of theohjects of the invention, the following are important: Accordingly as the auxiliary bar 36 carries a rullline -devicc or an auxiliary-dog, the machine is capable of producii'ig' ruilling, gathering, plaiting, crimping, tulliue' or stretching of one piece of work relatively to or on another. and the amount of r'utlliug, gathering, t'ulling, etc.. may be regulated according to the desire of the operator, or as the demands of a given piece of work may require, and such regulation maybe produced at the will of the operator and during the running of the machine at any speed and without a fleeting the stitching of the latter; the controlling mechanism is accessibly presented to the operator through the medium of the l'mec-shitt or foot-trezulle-aiul is always under his control so that he may instantly bring" about the changes and variations desired or required; the machine is convertible into a collaret machine or a back-milling machine, and many variations in the character of the work may be produced according to the character of the attachment applied to the cloth-plate of the machine in place of the folder 1.0; that is, ordinary binding may he produced upon one or more pieces of fabric, or a collaret may be applied as heretofore described, or a rullle may be applied to the work, which latter may be either white or elastic goods, or two pieces of work may be sewed together and lulled or stretched according' to the requirements of the effects desired; variations in the rutlling, gathering, falling or stretching may be produced at the will of the operator and, while the machine is at full speed, predetermined extremes of the several effects may be produced in the.

same manner and under, the same conditions; the foot, which coiiperates with the rllilling device or auxiliary-dog, may be lifted from the Work simultaneously with the elimination of the rultling stroke of the rattling-device, or fulling-stroke of the auxiliary feedf the work,

' light, such action being the constant whipmechanism described, 'the many advantages o't my machme, as

pine oi the work during the rapid running of the machine: the adjustable stops and their disposition enable various important functions to he performed, as heretofore set forth, and give to the machine new possibili'ties of operations and functions; and, the throw of the main feed-bar can be regulated independently of the regulation of the auxiliary teed-bar, thus enabling any desired throw of the main teed-bar to be secured for agiven length of stitch without changing the relative moven'ient of the auxiliary feed bar, or. without changingv the throw of the main teed-bar, the throw of the auxiliary feed-bar can be varied at the will of oper ator, during; the running of the machine and without affecting the stitching operation.

It will be noted that throughout the specification I have made a distinction between the functions of the ruliling-device and the auxiliary feed-dog and desire to accentuate this difference in function as it marks the convertibility of the machine and the radi cal ditterence in the appearance of the work, irrespective of the size of the rutlles or gathers. or the amount of the fulling or stretching" produced, is the direct result of the two ditt'ercnt devices. This shows the versatility of the machine and accentuates its convertible character and suggests the many diltercnt possibilities of the machine when provided with the duplex controlling mechanism, as well as the duplex feeding and also accentuates above set forth.

Having thus described I claim and cut is:

l. in combination, stitch-forming mechanism. t'eedine mechanism comprising a main and an auxiliary feed-bar, means whereby the latter bar may carry either a rattling my invention, what desire to secure by Letters PM- device or a teed-dog, and treznlle-operated means under the control of the operator for modifying the action of the auxili withoutstoppiuc; or retarding tl e action of the stitch-forming mechanism, and without varying the-stroke of the main feed-bar, substantially as described.

2. In combination, stitch-forming mechanism a feeding mechanism comprising a main and an auxiliary bar, nieans whereby a rultling device and a feed-dog may be intcrchangeably connected to the auxiliary bar, and means under the control of the operator whereby the movement of the auxiliary bar can he made greater than that of the main bar during the operation of the machine and without stopping or retarding the action of the stitch-forming mecha nism and without varying the action of the main teed bar.

In 'ombination, a stitch-forming mechanism, a feeding mechanism including" main and auxiliary bars independent of each other and arranged in parallelism, means {or raising and lowering said bars simultaneously, means for giving said bars imlepcndcnt feed movements. including a treadleamcrated controlling device cooperating with the auxiliary bar for modifying the action of the latter during the operation of the machine and without attecting the stitching action'thereof, or Varying the stroke of the main feed-bar.

t. In combination, a stitclnforming mechanism, a feeding mechanism comprising a main and an auxiliary bar, the latter being independent of but arranged in parallelism with the main bar, common means for raising and lowering said bars, common means for imparting" longitudinal mowments to said bars, the latter including trcadle-operated means whereby, during the operation of the machine and without atfecting the stitchingaction thereof, the auxiliary bar may the operator without the intervention of the hands of the latter, and without varying th action of the main vteed-bar.

in combination, stitch-forming mechanism, feeding" mechanism including independent: main and auxiliary feed-bars arranged in parallelism, means for imparting the rise and fall to said bars, means for imparting: the longitudinal movements to said bars, JHClIMilHQ' a treadle-operated control-- ling means for controlling the action of the auxiliary 'oar (lUIH't the operation of the n V, I n't' (H a U t't-l ma nmc ano .vi nou a ,ec in 1e s1 cnn, action thercoi'i, and without varying tne stroke of the train feedbar.

6. In combination, stitch-forming mechanism, feeding mechanism, includinga main and an auxiliary feedbar supported to o]ocrate side by side, the

main bar carrying a teed-do: and the auxilit bar carryi an au y device, a presserioot cotiperatinn with the main dog in rear of the needle in the line of feed. and a rattler-foot for cooperstinewith the device carried by the auxiliary bar advance of the needle, and means for controlling: the action of the auxiliary bar during" the operation of the inabe controlled at the will of chine including a lever mounted on a movable 'l'ulcrum and a curved lover connecting lhe same with said auxiliary bar.

7. ll. feeding mechanism having, in combinatimi, a main teed bar and an auxiliary lit r, the latter carrying an auxiliary device, means for actuating the fcedbars, controlline' means including a curved lever linked to the auxiliary bar and. a swinging lever accessihly presented to the operator whereby, during the operation of the machine. the action at the auxiliary bar may be n-nidiiied, and means for coiiperating with the device carried by the auxiliary bar and (Kiillltllfll with the controlling means so as to be under the control oi the operator duringr the running of the machine.

54. It feeding mechanism having, in combination, a main feedbar carrying a dog, an auxiliary teed-bar carrying an auxiliary device, means for actuating; said bars, a'presserloot coi perating with the main feed-dog, a miller-toot for cooperating with the device arried by the auxiliary bar, and means operating with the auxiliary bar for modiliving its action, and a connection between said latter means and the miller-foot whereby the position of the latter may be controlled.

9. In combination in a feeding mechanism, a main and an'auxiliary ieedba-r, a feed-dog carried by the main bar, and a device carried by the auxiliary bar, a foot cooperating with said device, trcadlc-operated means for controlling the action of said auxiliary bar and connected means for controlling the position of said toot.

l0. lin combination in a feeding mechari'sm, a main and an auxiliary feed-bar, a iced-dog" carried by the main bar and the auxiliary feed-bar carrying a detachable device, means for actuating the two bars, a foot cooperating with said device, means yieldingly forcing said foot normally into coliperat-ive relation with said device, and Needle-operated means for connecting the foot and the device and for controlling the cotiperatve action of the two. i

ll. in combination in. a feeding mecha-- nism, a bar carryina' a device, mean.s;for actuatii the said bar including a controlling" device acccssibly presented to the ope 'atoi' whereby the action of the said bar may be controlled during; the operation of the machine, a foot coti 'ierating with said device, a controlling ,dcyice acccssibly presented to the operator whereby the action of said foot may be controlled during the operation of the machine, and treadleoperated means connecting said two controlling devices for controlling the coilperative'action of said foot and said device in combination in a feeding niechanis'm, a reciprocating bar carryin a device below the cloth-plate, means for actuating the same including alever, a foot cooperating with said device above the clotl1plate,

a lever cooperating with said foot, and a controlling means, accessibly presented to the operator connected with both of said levers, whereby the operator may control, during the operation of the machine, both the foot and said device.

13. In combination in a feeding; mechanism, a bar carrying a device, a foot cooperating with said device, a lever cooperating with said foot, an adjustable stop carried by said lever, means for actuating said bar, and means, under the control oft-he operator, connected with said actuating means and with said lever whereby the foot and bar may be controlled during the running of the machine.

14. A feeding mechanism having in combination, a driving shaft, an eccentric carried thereby, a strap connected to said eccentrio, a rock-shaft, an arm,carried thereby, means for connecting and adjusting the strap to and along said arm,- a main feedbar and an auxiliary feed-bar mounted side by side, means for connecting said bars with said rocieshatt, and means for controlling the action of said auxiliary bar independently of said adjusting means.

15. In combination in a feeding mechanism, a main feed-bar and an independent auxiliary feed-ba1"arranged in parallelism, a driving-shaft, means for actuating sald bars including a rocking arm, an adjustable connection between said arm and the dri'ving-shaft, and a controlling-device independent of the adjustable connection connecting said arm with the auxiliary bar whereby the motion of the arm imparted by the driving shaft may be modified in the auxiliary bar without varying the action of the main feedbar. 1

16. In combination in a feedin mecha nism, a main feed-bar and an independent auxiliary feed-bar arranged in parallelism,

a driving-shaft, a rocking-arm, an adjustable connection between the driving-shatt and said arm, a driving connection between the main feed-bar and said arm, a driving connection between said arm and the auxiliary feed-bar, said latter driving connection ineluding a controlling lever, with connections accessibly presented to the operator whereby, during the running; of the machine, the action of the auxiliary bar may be modified.

17. A feeding mechanism having, in combination, a mam and an auxiliary feed-bar, common means for actuating the main bar and the auxiliary bar, means for adjusting the movement of the main bar, adjusting means for varying the stroke of the auxiliary bar, and means including a link pivotally connected to said auxiliary ear and to a memhvr of said mijusting 1116:1115, and means arranged accessilrl lo the opm'niur and conmcting with said ndjusiing' 11mins whereby, during the operation of the machine and withoui vzu' ing the stroke of the. main feed bar, the stroke of the auxiliary bar may be varied.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specificaiinn in he presence wf two subscriblng witness s, this twmliiefi'l may of June 1906,

JOHN P. WHEEL \Vitnesses W. J. REED, F. D. SHEEKEY. 

